chassis weight

[michael92]

Thaught I'd share my bare chassis weight with everyone, as it may help other people wanting to know a rough guide.

This is my chassis with everything welded to it I.E all brackets, seat rails diff plates etc etc..

well.. 82.1KG!

Thats preetty good if you ask me!

quite chuffed!

[alga]

Thanks for sharing! What tube thickness did you use? My chassis in 25x25x1.5 tubes weighed a bit over 70 kg.

[Wynand]

My chassis is a McSorley 442E and weigh 87kg.
That included all brackets etc, dual 25mm x 3mm tubular roll bar (under scuttle) 1.6mm mild steel floors, front bulkheads and front lower chassis plate gusset.

[Tatey]

How did you's go about weighing your chassis? Simply put it on top of the bathroom scales?

[Wynand]

I actually used two methods to be certain.

Before assembly I had weigh every piece of tube and plate on a small industrial electronic scale before welding together. Weigh the Mig wire roll before and after welding and added the lot together plus paint and got total weight.

To check I added the total meters of square and round tubing used together and calculate the linear meters of each section with weight per meter. Added the weight of plates/brackets/paint and welding wire used together and the result well within a quarter kilo of the first method.

[michael92]

i had 2 sets of scales one at the front (on the bar behind the bottom front frame bar) and one scale at the back on the sb1 is it then simply added them both together

[Joelove]

Originally Posted by michael92

i had 2 sets of scales one at the front (on the bar behind the bottom front frame bar) and one scale at the back on the sb1 is it then simply added them both together

Surely that's not gonna work out? Because part of the reading from the front will have part of the reading from the back included and vice versa

[robo]

Thats no different than corner weight gauges , the four totted up give the vehicle weight. I think You got me thinking now. lol

Bob

[ayjay]

Stand on the bathroom scales and weigh yourself then do the same holding the chassis .subtract one from the other SIMPLES

[The V8 Files]

200kg hanging scales, £20 on ebay.